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Barbara BUSH Houston Literacy Foundation

Public charity
DBA: % ED PADAR
Foundations · HOUSTON, TX · EIN 46-5037878

Money Out (latest fiscal year)

990 · FY ending 2024-12-31
Large (approx.)
Total spending
$5.2M
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Grants paid
$783K
Program services
$4.2M
Fundraising
$2.2M

Top contractors (990 Part VII §B)

ContractorServiceStateCompensation
City Kitchen LLCCatering and other event services—$168K
No lobbying expenditures disclosed in the latest filing.

Grants Made (Top 50 by amount)

2,372 grants · $93.1M total
RecipientStateIRC sectionCash grantPurpose
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
EIN 746001399
TXGOV$275KTO PROVIDE UH COUGAR LITERACY PROGRAM FOR FIFTH & THIRD WARD SCHOOLS.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
EIN 260587238
FL501(C)(3)$207KThis grant is for the share of proceeds from the 2017 'A Celebration of Reading' event in Houston in April 2017.
Harris County Public Library
EIN 760454514
TX501(C)(3)$200KThis grant is for the Memorandum of Understanding between Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and Harris County Public Library dated September 11, 2018 to support the Family Place Libraries at HCPL.
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
EIN 260587238
FL501(C)(3)$145KThis grant is the due share of the proceeds from the 2018 'A Celebration of Reading' event held in Houston.
Children's Museum Inc
EIN 742178563
TX501(C)(3)$136KTo design and oversee the 2019 Camp Adventure! at three (3) designated Houston ISD elementary schools
University of Houston
EIN 746001399
TX501(c)(3)$120KThis grant is to be put towards a three year research grant to the University of Houston College of Education, which will serve as a hub for literacy program implementation, data collection and evaluation into Houston's Third Ward.
HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
EIN 760454514
TXGOV$108KTO SUPPORT FAMILY PLACE CREATION AND PROGRAMMING FOR THE HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.